Last year saw a cataclysmic event, inconceivable yet real.
The Red Sox beat the Yankees in what was arguably the greatest comeback in baseball history. They lost the first three games of the playoffs and then swept the next four. They answered Pedro Martinez' question "Who's your daddy?" with ninth inning homeruns. Then they went on to sweep the Cardinals.
Babe Ruth's ghost failed to put in an appearance and no balls went through Bill Buckner's legs. As always, the rivalry was bitter.
And tonight the Red Sox play the Yankees as the defending World champions. (When you use that word for sports teams, are you supposed to spell it "Champeens?")
I waited all off-season for the world to end, but that doesn't seem to have happened.
The teams are restocked, with the Yankees having picked up Randy "the Big Unit" Johnon and the Red Sox having replaced Pedro in the rotation with ex-Yankee (and ex-several other teams) David Wells.
Now usually when I pick a baseball team, I go with the one with the highest percentage of steroid users. That would be the Yankees with Jason Giambi. (Kidding, I was just kidding!)
But I ask the JU faithful, who, if you actually care, do you like?